Seismic reflectivity and magmatic underplating beneath the Kenya rift

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2745-2748

  Thybo, H ^a   Maguire, P K H ^b   Birt, C ^b   Perchuc E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; UNDERPLATING;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCIES; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRUST; KENYA RIFT; MAGMATIC UNDERPLATING; MECHANICAL THINNING; SEISMIC REFLECTIVITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0034352622     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011294     Document Type: Article

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